My previous editorial was meant to be the first step in taking this blog in a new direction. I thought that I was done addressing the subject of intellectual dishonesty, but as it turns out, I'm still getting stuff wrong myself. Rather than being free of the influence of ideological subversives, I'm still framing my…
More Warning Signs of Mass Psychosis: Vicious Lemmings
I know at least some of you reading this actually had the unpleasant experience of growing up in the Soviet Union, so you already know just how vicious the "sheep" can be. Personally, I hate the term "sheep" to describe statist bootlicks, I prefer to call them "lemmings." Anyway, while it wasn't my intent to…
Early Warning Signs of Mass Psychosis: Stubbornly Superstitious “Scientists”
"The only sacred truth in science is that there are no sacred truths; anything that is inconsistent with the facts must be either discarded or revised." - Carl Sagan "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell Scientists are supposed to be open-minded and stand for truth,…
Two Interesting Books
This is not an opinion piece, though I put it in that section because it really doesn't belong anywhere else. I suppose I should add another section for "literature" or "book reviews," specifically, if I end up making more posts like this. With that out of the way, let's get to the books! The books…
The Growing 3D Print Hobby
During my senior year of college, my rapid prototyping professor said that he expected, within a few years, that fused deposition modelling (FDM) printers would become as common as inkjet printers were back then (2012), and every college dorm room would have one. I think it's safe to say that he was correct, judging by…
Another Point About False Dichotomies: Reality Denial Knows no Ideological Bounds
What follows is my longest opinion piece yet. While I fully expect that anyone who is determined enough to read the whole thing will walk away feeling the need to drive their fist through their computer screen, I did not write such an inflammatory article unprovoked. America is the land of false dichotomies; "you are…
Getting Really Sick of the Anthroprogenic Climate Change Argument…
The climate is always changing, and humans weren't always there to change it. Even if it really is warmer now than during the medieval warm period, the planet IS NOT the warmest it's ever been. We still have ice caps, which didn't exist for most (if not all) of the Mesozoic Era. The planet has…
Random Thoughts, Collection 6: The World Hammer
A recent issue of Science contained a research article analysing data from impact craters on Earth, noting a strange spike in activity approximately 290 million years ago. Unfortunately, this research was conducted only on terrestrial and lunar impact craters, not those at the bottom of the ocean, some of which are far larger than anything…
Random Thoughts, Collection 5: Sandpaper in an Echo Chamber
Ugh, what a year. I feel like I'm being pulled in eight different directions, what with the pressure to get a "real job," because that is the one thing I have never made any progress at... ever. No job I have ever held has been worthwhile, and my search for one has been fruitless. Personally,…
Random Thoughts, Collection 2: Should I Make a Dragon?
Oh, I'm sure they would sell like hotcakes if I did. However, even if I started tomorrow, you probably wouldn't see results for another twenty years, at least six of which would be spent in school (I'll need both M.S. and Ph.D. for this). Yes, I'm talking about genetically engineering a real dragon with wings. …
Kaja's Kreations 